Lin Mai, however, was shameless and remained motionless: "Dad He, please don't drive me away. Isn't this business negotiated slowly? If you drive me away, how can we negotiate this business?"
Dad He said angrily: "Your price is so outrageous, why are we still talking about it?"
"My price is not outrageous. This whole street is full of storefronts for rent."
Grandpa He said angrily: "Then you rent someone else's storefront and see if they can rent it to you!"
Lin Mai was still not angry: “It’s not that others don’t want to rent, they’re just timid and don’t dare to rent, plus other people’s houses are not rich.
If the storefront is rented to me, the whole family may live in a very crowded place.
Unlike Dad He, who still has a house to live in elsewhere, renting out this house just doesn’t have to be vacant, and you can get some money in exchange for it.”
When Lin Mai came here just now, he noticed other storefronts.
The facades of other houses are not as empty as the facade of Father He's house, with only a table and a few chairs.
The front of the house not only has a dining table, but also a single bed.
There are beds placed in front of the house, which shows that the housing conditions of the house are not good, and a large family is crowded together.
Although there is already an intention to reform from above, the document has not been officially released. In the eyes of ordinary people, it means that the policy is not clear.
The residents facing the crowded housing on this street are definitely not willing to take the unknown risk of renting their house to Lin Mai, and their family will suffer the consequences of being squeezed.
But Father He just said that he wanted to rent the entire house to Lin Mai, which meant that he had a place to live elsewhere, so Lin Mai advised him to exchange the vacant house for twenty-five yuan in rent.
This time it was Father He's turn to remain silent.
Lin Mai continued to persuade: "Twenty-five yuan is a lot of money. It is almost the monthly salary of a young worker with several years of service. It is much better than not earning a penny from this empty house."
Father He still didn't speak.
Lin Mai knew that he was already attracted, but he still thought the price was too low and started a psychological war to get her to give in.
It was impossible to give in. She could only give money based on market conditions.
With the current market conditions, the rent she was willing to pay at twenty-five yuan was really not low.
If the market price rose to forty or fifty yuan, of course she would also pay that much rent.
But the market is not so high, and she paid so much money, isn't she out of her mind?
Lin Mai took retreat as an opportunity to advance: "Since Father He is in such a difficult situation, forget it. I'll just ride my tricycle and hawk on the streets every day."
After that, he walked out of the store, got on his tricycle, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "We sell steamed buns, we sell braised eggs. Meat buns are 15 cents each, braised eggs are 10 cents each, and pickled cabbage buns are 10 cents."
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Someone walked by and asked, "Do you want food stamps and egg stamps?"
The flour used for making steamed buns and the eggs used for braised eggs are all purchased in the countryside, and there is no cost of food stamps or egg stamps.
Lin Mai had never accepted food stamps or egg stamps when selling snacks, so he responded: "No need!"
Immediately, several passers-by gathered around me.
Other passers-by saw someone buying steamed buns and braised eggs and joined in.
After asking about the price, I bought it at the same price as the state-owned snack bar.
In this way, there were more and more customers, and in just over a quarter of an hour, they bought all Lin Mai's remaining steamed buns and braised eggs. The key was that the steamed buns and braised eggs were all cold.
In other places that sell cold steamed buns or braised eggs, customers may be picky and reject them as cold.
However, picky customers will not be given a chance here. If you are picky, those customers who are not picky will happily buy it.
I can only say that the flow of people here is really too big, and if you can do business here, you will definitely make a lot of money.
It's a pity that Father He is hesitant. Even if Lin Mai wants to give in, he can't give in too quickly. Let's continue the stalemate.
Lin Mai deliberately took his time to leave, but did not wait for Father He to persuade him to stay.
It seems that Father He doesn't really want to rent, or he insists on renting at his price.
If you really can't do it, try to persuade other residents to rent a storefront to you.
Lin Mai rode his bicycle to the opposite side of the road. That half of the street was more prosperous. If he could rent a shop there, business would be better.
She stopped in front of an open street door.
I asked the old woman sitting at the door choosing vegetables if her storefront was rented.
The old woman was stunned: "Are you renting to the employer or renting yourself?"
She dares to rent to the employer, and there is no risk in dealing with the government.
Rent it yourself? No need to discuss it.
Seeing that the old woman was willing to talk to him, Lin Mai quickly jumped off the tricycle, squatted in front of her, and helped her choose vegetables: "Can I rent it myself?"
In fact, Father He either didn't want to rent it, or he just wanted to insist a little longer and ask Lin Mai to give in. He would rent it to her for thirty yuan.
But Lin Mai not only refused to give in, but also started chatting with the owner of a front house across the street, which made him lose his temper.
If someone intercepts Hu and rents the storefront to Hei Yatou, his house will remain empty.
After all, in this era, there are so few people who dare to rent a storefront to do business. Who knows how long it will take to meet the next one.
Dad He quickly walked across the road and came to Lin Mai: "Forget it, just think that I have done a good thing and rent it to you at the price you said."
Lin Mai didn't expect that after chatting with this old lady for a long time, he would actually force Father He to give in.
She smiled apologetically at the old woman, stood up and said thank you to Father He.
Pushing the tricycle, I followed Father He back to his house to discuss how to pay the rent.
Father He wants to pay once a year.
The rent of twenty-five yuan per month is only three hundred yuan a year, and it's not like Lin Mai can't afford it.
She agreed immediately and made an agreement with Father He that she would bring the contract tomorrow and both parties would sign a rental contract and then pay the rent and hand over the house.
When Lin Mai returned home on a tricycle, Zhou Caiyun's first words were to ask her if she liked the appearance.
Lin Mai told her before going out that she was going to see the shop in the afternoon, so Zhou Caiyun knew about it.
Lin Mai moved the empty buckets of sold food home with her: "Not only did we look at it, but we also negotiated and signed the contract tomorrow."
Zhou Caiyun was surprised: "So fast?"
"Why hurry up? It's the rainy season soon. If we don't rent a shop, we can't continue our business."
As long as it rains, I can only sell one or two hundred steamed buns a day, and I can't sell a hundred braised eggs. It's too little money.
The key is that people are still hard-working and come and go through wind and rain.
When she first started her business in her previous life, she was exposed to wind and rain. Later, she contracted rheumatism. When it rained, her bones all over her body ached terribly.
She no longer wants to sacrifice her health in this life, so she will rent a storefront as soon as possible.
The rain stopped all afternoon and started to rain again in the middle of the night.
Listening to the sound of rain, Zhou Caiyun was tossing and turning.
She is a self-aware person, and she is of little use except for making buns.
I don’t dare to go to the black market, I don’t know how to do business, and even the minced meat is not as delicious as Lin Mai’s.
So she honestly supported Lin Mai, making dough, making dough, making buns, taking care of the children, doing housework... She did it all, just to be worthy of the salary Lin Mai paid her.
But the weather was raining all the time, and she couldn't make many buns every day, which made her feel very uneasy, as if Lin Mai's salary was wasted.
When she opens a shop in the future, I hope the business will be good and she will be able to keep making buns and be worthy of the salary Lin Mai gives her.